LHTTHR i)V TRANSMHTAL. 



U. S. Department of AoRicrLTURE, 



Bureau of Plant Industry, 



Office of the Chief, 



Washim/ton, I). C, AprU 26, 1907. 



Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith, and to reconiniend for 

 publication as Bulletin No. 110 of the series of this Bureau, the 

 accompanying technical ])aper entitled " Cranberry Diseases," by 

 Dr. C. L. Shear, Pathologist in Charge of Investigations of Dis- 

 eases of Small Fruits. 



This paper contains the first full account of the fungous ]iarasites 

 of the cranberry and the diseases they produce. It also gives suc- 

 cessful methods of preventing the diseases. 



The illustrations which accompany this paper are considered 

 essential to a full understanding of the text. 

 Respectfully, 



B. T. Galloway, 



(^hief of Bureau. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



110 



